Car Crashes Into Home, Crushes Girl, 9, To Death

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE - SOUTH

January 10, 1999

McKINNEY, Texas - A man with a history of seizures veered off a highway and crashed through the family-room window of a house, killing a 9-year-old girl who was home from school with the sniffles. Katie Chandler, a fourth-grader, was working on a puzzle and watching cartoons when she was crushed by a station wagon driven by Johnny Robertson, 37, of Plano. Police said he slammed into the brick home after driving off U.S. Highway 380, crossing oncoming traffic and an alley and striking a gas meter. Prosecutors said Robertson's failure to take his medication could be grounds for prosecution. He was treated for minor injuries.